Mess kit



G. H. PRESTON.

MESS KIT.

APPLICATION man NOV. 10. 1919 1383853. PatentedJuly 5,1 21.

50 dated andtnumbered respe'tively, 555,582,

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE,

G'UY E. PRESTON, DO'U'GLAS, ARIZONA.

MESS KIT.

minerS, prosplectors, 01' o thers having need Cf a canteenand messart1cles Wh1ch may be put up in a compatzt package and conven ientlytranspoftdd either onthe person of an infantryman, or attached to thesaddle 0f a trooper, or carried by a miner 01' prospeetor in anyconvenient way.

- My present invention re1ates more 'especially to providing a canteenof an annular "shape having.a central recess of cylindrical -ortaperedform adapted to rece1ve a cup or other cooking 01 drinkingvessel, having a handle adapted tobe sprung' over the edge of thecanteen and attaching thereto One 01 more plates, preferably two,nested, fitting snugly about one side of the canteen, leavin'g the otherside open to receive ehe cup referred to. The' side of the c'anteenopposite the plates i s preferably made substantially flat so that theknife, fork and spoon comprising the balance 0f the mess kit may beconvenientlyheld the1eon in a compact way; but thes6, as well as-the'casirig, a1e n'ot necessarily a part o'f the invention-which compriseSthe provision" of:a canteen with a, cup and platds of normalconstruction and use, such as are conimonl'y 'used by civilians andothers. In other Words', the idea of the present invention is moreespeciallyt'o provide a cantetan which may be conveniently used inconnecti0n with cups and plates of Standard size and shap, rather thanto My invention .is1 e sPcia1ly intended to provide'a simplifiedandimproved fon n 0f device ove1 that shown in my earlier patents March3, 1896and 911,442, February 2,

-1909, and .bbth entitl ed Improvements in field ration me ss ln'tsg.

My invention Will be more fu1ly under-= is'tood after raferene@ to theaccompanyix1g Specification of Letters Patent Application fi1ed November10, 1919. Ser i a1No. 336,975.

apprtains 130 inake and Patent ed JfiIy 5-, 1921.

drawings, which like pari is afe indidated 1 seVerall -vievy s and ingwhich by siinilar -riaferenceymbols throughout the Figurg; 1 sh tgw ssection,through the. can tegn, the cup andthe nested plates, the partsbe1ng showninthe as sembled position, and the cover of thebanteen aswell as the knife,

.fork'and spoon being omitted as 1iot a art o'f Iny prs'c'ant invention.

Fi g. 2 i; a perspective view showingthe canteen vv1thol1t the cup andplates.

F1g. 3 is a perspectiveview of a cylindriaal c 1ip adapted tobe usedwith the canteen, 0f the form shqw n in Figs. 1 and 2. 1

F1gs; 4 and 5 are perspective views of the two plates which may benested and at- @ache d to'tthe side of the canteen, as shown m F1g. 1;and v j Fig; 6 is a sectional elevation of a modified form ofcanteen andcup, in whi'ch the openingin the centerof. theanteen and the cup areshovvn as tapered, in the fo1m 'of a frustum of a cone; While th6 twoplates are shown-of unequaldepth, it being often desirable to have oneplate deeper than the other f0r reasons that Will 106 hereinafterdescribed.

Referring first to Figs. 1 to 5, Arepresents the cante(m properpr'ovided with an open1ng A having cylindrical Walls, and

With a neck a cov6red by the screw capA';

The periphery of the cantgen is preferab1y of cylindrical form, as shownat a, and one s1de of the cantedn is prefgrably nearly fiat, as 'shownab a", and the other tin plates of the ordinary conimercial make, sqthatthe samemay be nested there'on, as W111, be hereinafter described.

The cup B is shown in Figs. l and 2 as ou t of' the' way. This handle isco nne ct6d 130 the cup in any conv enint way, as by the rivets Z andthe body portion of' the'cup fits snugly in the central rec'ess A inthecanteen.

Attached t0 the Side aof the canteeh are one 011 more plates C, C 0fstandard at tern, e3ach preferably havizig the bea a,

of'cyliridricml form, and provid'edwith the usual bead b, and with the'handle B which drica1 portion a of the periphery 0f the cantaen, andnormal1y holds the cup 'against shak1ng loose 011 the canteen, and isalso a neck projecting from said cylindrical porbe sprun over and engagethe cylindrical tion, aznd a cap normally closing said neck, outer wa ofthe canteen and. to hold said 10 with a substantially cylindrical cupadaptcup against accidental displacement when ed to fit snugly in saidcentral portion, and the arts are assembled, with a pair of pans 5provided with a resilient handle adapted to nested to ether and fittingsnugly over the lie radially on and to fit snugly against said bottom oithe annular canteen, substantially top, the said handlehavingadownwardly as described. projecting laterally curved arm adapted to GUYH. PRESTON.

